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George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 11: (search)
buted for many miles round; so that as a park, or, in fact, as a fine country establishment, there are few, I suspect, in Europe, to compare with it. . . . . Aranjuez, like the Escorial and St. Ildefonso, marks its Fasti with several famous events, of which the most remarkable is the last. I mean the Revolution, which finally broke out here, on the 17th-18th March, 1808, and the meeting in October, of the Central Junta, which fled before the approach of the French to Seville, on the 21st November. Southey gives this as the date of a proclamation issued from Aranjuez by the Junta, and describes their retreat later, without specifying the day. This flight probably finishes the history of the political importance of Aranjuez; but its exquisite scenery, and all the beauties which nature has so lavishly poured around it, and which, from the time of Argensola to that of Quintana, have been one of the favorite subjects of Spanish poetry, will remain the same, whether cultivated and c
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 12: (search)
d grows giddy at the awful height. Or, as you look up from the bottom, and see the majestic arch over you, at such an elevation that its thickness is sensibly diminished to the sight, though it still echoes and re-echoes every sound you utter, you feel that indistinct impression of inferiority and subjection that you do when you stand before one of the great works of nature. . . . . I cannot, of course, speak with minuteness or assurance of Lisbon. I was there only from October 23 to November 21, and my time was so incessantly occupied that, excepting in the evening, I went out only by accident, unless it were to one of the public libraries. . . . . But, though I should pass over everything else, I must not pass over Cintra. To this beautiful spot I went with my friend Sir John Campbell, and we passed there three days, at the festival of San Martinho, when all the country was rejoicing in the balmy freshness of a second spring, and all the fields and valleys were filled with
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 16 (search)
tes. Boston Evening Journal, Oct. 29, 1862, p. 2, col. 3. — – – The log of the Harriet Lane (lost at Galveston, Jan. 1, 1863; wanted by Gen. Butler to settle the New Orleans controversy with Ad. Porter); from the Baltimore American. Army and Navy Journal, vol. 26, p. 779. — – – Nov. Military, naval and administrative doings; from New Orleans newspapers (includes Brashear City, La.). Boston Evening Journal, Nov. 20, 1862, p. 2, col. 2. — – – Dec. Rations, etch; Bayou Bontecar, La., Nov. 21; from New Orleans newspapers. Boston Evening Journal, Dec. 19, 1862, p. 2, col. 2. — – – Dec. 15. Farewell order to his troops. Boston Evening Journal, Dec. 29, 1862, p. 2, col. 1. — – – Switches profligate of his staff. Bivouac, vol. 3, p. 66. — – – Exonerated from charges of peculation, and admonished, etc. Army and Navy Journal, vol. 2, p. 361. — – – Details of his administration, given by himself in a speech to a deputation from the New
Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States. (search)
pain. It is more probable, however, that he had now conceived a plan for exercising over the ocean an indirect control, which he had failed to acquire by naval force. In this purpose he hoped to make use of the United States. The cession of Louisiana had not forced the United States from neutrality. Perhaps more might be accomplished by holding out Florida as a prize than by yielding it as a purchase. Napoleon now entered on the campaign in which he crushed the power of Prussia. November 21st he issued the famous Berlin decree, in retaliation for Great Britain's orders blockading the French and German coast. Great Britain replied by the Orders in Council. These arbitrary proceedings violated every principle of justice, and especially affected the merchant marine of the United States, then the main carriers of the world. They fully justified war against either or both offenders. The orders of Great Britain bore with especial hardship against American trade, and were arro
Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 9: (search)
re it remained until after the battle of Greenbrier River. After that it fell back to Marlin's bottom (now Marlinton), on the Greenbrier, where it threw up fortifications and remained until late in November, when that portion of the army of the Northwest, with the exception of the cavalry left at Huntersville, was withdrawn and sent to Winchester, to Gen. T. J. Jackson, who had, on the 4th of November, assumed command of the Valley district, which embraced Alleghany mountain. On the 21st of November, Gen. H. R. Jackson evacuated Camp Bartow and retired to the summit of Alleghany mountain, leaving only cavalry at Camp Bartow to scout the enemy's front. On the 22d, from his camp on the mountain, General Jackson ordered Col. Edward Johnson, of the Twelfth Georgia, to take command of the garrison on the summit of the mountain, to consist of the Twelfth Georgia, the Thirty-first, Fifty-second and Twenty-fifth Virginia regiments and the Ninth Virginia battalion, Flournoy's company of V
John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, Chapter 3: (search)
2nd Lieut. Asa Smith arrived in camp and reported for duty. Nov. 5. One horse died from cold, &c. Nov. 7. James J. Woodard left camp without leave. Nov. 8. One horse died from inflammation and influenza. Nov. 11. One horse died from stoppage and one horse strayed and never found. Nov. 15. Private Jonathan E. Childs died at Emory Hospital of typhoid fever. Six horses condemned and returned to quartermaster Dana. Nov. 16. George M. Dixon was carried to Ebenezer Hospital. Nov. 21. Samuel Abell still remains at Boston, sick. Received from Quartermaster Dana 12 horses. Nov. 23. Alonzo N. Merrill sick in quarters and George K. Putnam finger jammed badly. Nov. 24. George K. Putnam sick in quarters. Nov. 25. George K. Putnam, A. A. Blandin and Franklin Ward sick in quarters. One horse died of * * Nov. 26. George K. Putnam, Charles E. Prince and A. N. Merrill sick. Nov. 27. James Dwight, Charles E. Woodiss, J. L. W. Thayer, S. A. Hanson sick in quarters
John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, Chapter 15: (search)
left him. George N. Devereux, a driver on the Fourth Detachment caisson, shot through the bowels on the retreat, died two days afterwards in the field hospital. He was formerly a member of the Fifth Massachusetts Infantry, and participated in the battle of Bull Run. George K. Putnam, Number One man on the—— piece, was wounded in the knee as we were leaving the guns, was taken prisoner and kept a week without having the wound dressed. He was then exchanged, but died at Annapolis, November 21st. Henry L. Ewell, driver on the——piece, was wounded in the shoulder, and underwent a surgical operation, but pyemia setting in, death resulted in the hospital at Washington, November 2d. John T. Goodwin and Samuel H. Foster both received flesh wounds, as already stated, from the effects of which they soon recovered and rejoined the Company in a few months. Benjamin G. Hooper received a flesh wound in the forearm, the bullet first having passed through the breast of his blouse, a
John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, Chapter 18: (search)
ark, 1st Lieut. and A. I. G., Artillery Brigade, 2nd Corps. Nov. 18. John Maynard, a recruit received from Draft Rendezvous, Galloup's Island, Mass. Private Henry Murphy returned to duty from Galloup's Island, agreeably to a letter A. G. O., Washington, D. C., Oct. 12, 1864. Nov. 19. Privates Thayer and H. Orcutt excused from duty. Privates Terbriggen and Quimby in brigade hospital. Nov. 20. Private H. Orcutt reported to duty. J. L. Thayer and J. F. Baxter excused from duty. Nov. 21. One horse died—stoppage. Nov. 23. One horse died—fit. Private Baxter reported to duty. Nov. 24. Private Thayer reported to duty. Nov. 25. One horse died—Blind Staggers. Private Thayer excused from duty. Corp'ls J. H. Stevens and R. Goldsmith and Private J. L. Schwartz absent without leave. Milbrey Green reported for duty as 2nd Lieut., vice Smith deceased. Commissioned Oct. 28, 1864. Nov. 26. Corp'ls J. H. Stevens and R. Goldsmith and Private Schwartz returned to duty fro<
Col. John M. Harrell, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 10.2, Arkansas (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 10: (search)
3th [of November, 1864] I arrived at Perryville, in the Indian Nation, where I met three wagons with supplies, and encamped, remaining over one day to rest and recruit my men. I had marched carefully and slowly, stopping to graze my stock whenever an opportunity offered. On the 14th, General Shelby, at his own request, was left behind on the Canadian to recruit. On the 10th, Cabell's brigade was furloughed, as also the brigade commanded by Col. W. F. Slemons, who was captured. On the 21st of November I arrived at Clarksville, where I received an order from Major-General Magruder to march to Laynesport, I. T., and there establish my headquarters. I arrived there on the 2d of December, 1864, having marched 1,434 miles. . . . To enumerate specially the names of the officers who distinguished themselves for skill and courage would swell this report beyond all reasonable limits. . . . Maj.-Gen. J. F. Fagan, commanding the division of Arkansas troops, bore himself throughout the whole
Col. J. J. Dickison, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 11.2, Florida (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 3: (search)
, 1861, the company was ordered by Governor Milton to Fernandina, and instructed to call on Col. D. P. Holland for the battery of field pieces in his possession belonging to the State of Florida, with all its equipment, and to report to Brigadier-General Trapier, commanding district of Florida. In the absence of Captain Martin, Lieutenant Dickison reported the command to Col. Charles Hopkins, then in command of the post, and was received by him into the Confederate States army. On the 21st of November Lieutenant Dickison reported first and second lieutenants present with 6 non-commissioned officers, 45 privates and 26 horses, with certainty of 29 additional privates with the requisite number of horses, the remaining officers to arrive in a few days with a roll of 106 men. He was then ordered by Colonel Dilworth, commanding the department, to make requisition on the quartermaster and commissary, the company having been received into the Confederate service as field artillery and attac
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